Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

A new ‘biomimetic’ model of brain circuits and function at multiple scales produced naturalistic dynamics and learning, and even identified curious behavior by some neurons that had gone unnoticed in ...

A new open-source model of brain metabolism, developed by scientists at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), has shown how altering key chemicals could restore aged cells to their youthful ...

A context-driven memory model simulates a wide range of characteristics of waking and sleeping hippocampal replay, providing a new account of how and why replay occurs.

Sandia National Labs today released an update on its neuromorphic computing research, reporting that these systems, inspired ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have made a breakthrough that could ...

An ambitious effort to create a paradigm explaning near-death experiences has failed to capture many fascinating and often perplexing aspects of people’s brushes with death, top University of Virginia ...

Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new ...